8-letter words containing ba
- baristas — Plural form of barista.
- baritone — In music, a baritone is a man with a fairly deep singing voice that is lower than that of a tenor but higher than that of a bass.
- barkings — Plural form of barking.
- barkless — (of a dog) not tending to bark
- barleduc — a French preserve made of whitecurrants, redcurrants, or gooseberries
- barletta — a port in SE Italy, in Apulia. Pop: 92 094 (2001)
- barn egg — an egg laid by a chicken that is allowed to move freely within a barn
- barn owl — any owl of the genus Tyto, esp T. alba, having a pale brown and white plumage, long slender legs, and a heart-shaped face: family Tytonidae
- barnabas — original name Joseph. a Cypriot Levite who supported Saint Paul in his apostolic work (Acts 4:36, 37). Feast day: June 11
- barnacle — Barnacles are small shellfish that fix themselves tightly to rocks and the bottoms of boats.
- barnardo — Dr Thomas John. 1845–1905, British philanthropist, who founded homes for destitute children
- barndoor — The large door of a barn.
- barnlike — resembling a barn
- barnsley — an industrial town in N England, in Barnsley unitary authority, South Yorkshire. Pop: 71 599 (2001)
- barnwood — aged and weathered boards, especially those salvaged from dismantled barns: The den was paneled in barnwood.
- barnyard — On a farm, the barnyard is the area in front of or next to a barn.
- barococo — excessively ornate or fussy in artistic or architectural style.
- barogram — the record of atmospheric pressure traced by a barograph or similar instrument
- barology — (obsolete, physics) The science of gravity or weight.
- barometz — a type of Asian fern, Cibotium barometz, the woolly rhizoma of which is thought to resemble a lamb
- baronage — barons collectively
- baroness — A baroness is a woman who is a member of the lowest rank of the nobility, or who is the wife of a baron.
- baronets — Plural form of baronet.
- baronial — If you describe a house or room as baronial, you mean that it is large, impressive, and old-fashioned in appearance, and looks as if it belongs to someone from the upper classes.
- baronies — Plural form of barony.
- baronize — to make or create (someone) a baron; confer the rank of baron upon.
- baroques — (often initial capital letter) of or relating to a style of architecture and art originating in Italy in the early 17th century and variously prevalent in Europe and the New World for a century and a half, characterized by free and sculptural use of the classical orders and ornament, by forms in elevation and plan suggesting movement, and by dramatic effect in which architecture, painting, sculpture, and the decorative arts often worked to combined effect.
- barosaur — a large herbivorous dinosaur with a long neck and tail, similar to the diplodocus
- barostat — a device for maintaining constant pressure, such as one used in an aircraft cabin
- barouche — a four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage, popular in the 19th century, having a retractable hood over the rear half, seats inside for two couples facing each other, and a driver's seat outside at the front
- barrable — able to be barred
- barracan — any of various thick, strong fabrics
- barracks — A barracks is a building or group of buildings where soldiers or other members of the armed forces live and work.
- barraged — Simple past tense and past participle of barrage.
- barrages — Plural form of barrage.
- barranca — a ravine or precipice
- barrator — a person guilty of barratry
- barratry — (formerly) the vexatious stirring up of quarrels or bringing of lawsuits
- barrault — Jean-Louis (ʒɑ̃lwi). 1910–94, French actor and director, noted particularly as a mime
- barred i — a high central vowel with phonetic quality approximating that of the vowels in pit, put, putt, or pet, and considered by most phonologists as a phonetic variant of one of these vowels, depending on the context, but by some as an autonomous phoneme in some varieties of English.
- barreled — Having the specified number of barrels.
- barrenly — Unfruitfully; unproductively.
- barretor — someone who deals fraudulently
- barretry — barratry
- barrette — A barrette is a small metal or plastic device that a woman uses to hold her hair in position.
- barriada — a shantytown section on the outskirts of a large city in Latin America.
- barriers — anything built or serving to bar passage, as a railing, fence, or the like: People may pass through the barrier only when their train is announced.
- barrings — Plural form of barring.
- barrista — Misspelling of barista.
- barrooms — Plural form of barroom.